Numbers 14:37 (DBY)

Passage

even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:35 I Jehovah have spoken; I will surely do it unto all this evil assembly which have gathered together against me! in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

Numbers 14:36 And the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land,

Numbers 14:37 even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.

Numbers 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land.

Numbers 14:39 And Moses told all these sayings to all the children of Israel; then the people mourned greatly.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "even", "brought", "evil", "report", "upon", "land", "died", and "plague". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "brought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "And the men whom Moses had sent..." into verse 38's "But Joshua the son of Nun and...", so "even" and "brought" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "even" and "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.